Destiny waited until Ritu and Roger were out of earshot and placing her hand on Aastha's that was resting on the arm of the wheelchair she began. "I really appreciate you helping me out with this."

"With what exactly?"

"You see, you are not the only one with man problems. My husband has been, shall we say a bit inattentive of late. So, I have a plan to make him a bit jealous."

With a shocked look on her face Aastha looked down at Destiny's hand on hers and stuttered, "I'm sorry Destiny, but I don't swing that way..."

Destiny laughed quickly taking her hand off of Aastha's, and interrupted her saying, "No, no, no. Let me finish. I already have a guy lined up to pretend to flirt with me. I found someone that no one at the bar knew. The problem is that since this guy is not a regular, I have no excuse for him to be at the party. That is where you come in. I was hoping you'd be willing to say he was your date. You can even go for him if you like. My only interest in him is to make my husband jealous."

"So, what did that have to do with your duet?"

"He is the other half of my duet. He is a very good singer." Destiny noticed that Aastha suddenly seemed to get very sad. "What is the matter dear?"

"I was just remembering Toby my ex-boyfriend is a very good singer." Both of them were quiet for a moment while Aastha reflected on her situation with Toby. Coming back to Destiny's problem she asked, "Don't you think that this whole plan is a bit manipulative," Aastha said with a frown.

"That's why I thought you would be willing to help me. This is no more manipulative than what you did to Toby."

"That was different. I did that for his benefit."

"Trust me, if this plan works my husband will definitely benefit. Can I count on you?"

Aastha had no idea how to answer so she asked, "How exactly is this going to go down?"

Destiny interpreted Aastha's interest as a willingness to help; so, she laid out her plan. "First, we will tell everyone you have a mystery date I found for you, and he will be meeting you at the party. He won't show up until the duet. He and I have planned a dramatic production number where we will dim the lights. I will be on the small stage at the end of our overflow room and start the song. He will come up out of the audience keeping his back to everyone until he reaches the stage. And by the way, don't go looking for him before then so no one will notice him. I want his appearance on stage to be a surprise as he starts singing back at me. I think everyone will get a kick out of it. He and I will take turns singing to each other with sort of on-Stage flirting. The song will be Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is You. It will be great. It is bound to get my husband's attention."

"Yeah, that does sound cool. Should definitely get your husband's attention."

"That is what I'm hoping. So, are you in?"

"Yeah, I guess." Aastha looked toward the door saying, "We'd better go. Ritu and Roger are probably freezing out there."

"Sure, and don't tell them anything other than I may have found you a date who will be meeting you at the party."